HEVC(High Efficiency Video Coding, also known as H.265), a new compression standard which can compress 4K video files to 40% of the size more than H.264 without losing quality, is now supported by the upcoming fourteenth macOS - macOS High Sierra and iOS 11. It also means that you can now store more 4K video on your Mac hard drive or iOS devices before running out of drive space or stream 4K video with the same file size while doubling the amount of data to decrease the needed bandwidth. The following article will mainly talk about:
- What devices with iOS 11 can capture HEVC format files?
- Which Mac models support HEVC video playback?
- Will HEVC bring 4K content to iTunes store and Apple TV?
- Will third-party video editors support HEVC codec?
- Is macOS High Sierra supports HEVC very good now?
- What devices with iOS 11 can capture HEVC format files?
- Which Mac models support HEVC video playback?
- Will HEVC bring 4K content to iTunes store and Apple TV?
- Will third-party video editors support HEVC codec?
- Is macOS High Sierra supports HEVC very good now?
- X265 is the leading H.265 / HEVC encoder software library. Compress video with higher quality and lower bit rates than H.264. Open source codec.
- Based on Google’s open ‘VP10’ codec with technology from Cisco ‘Thor’ and Mozilla’s ‘Daala’ codecs the consortium set to create an alternative for h.265. This codec is a strong competitor for h.265 for 5 reasons: Royalty free; AV1 is completely royalty free, meaning no patents need to.
Which devices with iOS 11 can capture video in HEVC format?
Currently, to capture HEVC files, you'll need an iOS 11 device with an A10 Fusion chip or better: iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, 10.5-inch iPad Pro, or 12.9-inch iPad Pro from 2017. All Macs running High Sierra can encode and decode those files, so when you transfer them to your Mac, they'll stay in the same format until you decide to export them as something else.
Which Mac models support HEVC video playback?
FYI, even with a Xeon processor Mac Pro, one can't get smooth 4K h.265 decoding. For most intents and purposes, h.264 suffices. H.265 compresses really tight but one can live with larger file sizes.
Newer Macs, including the late 2015 27-inch 5K iMac, the 2017 21-inch iMac, and MacBooks and MacBook Pros from 2016 and 2017, will support hardware acceleration for coding and decoding HEVC video. The Kaby Lake chips in the 2017 laptops also support HEVC decoding. Hardware acceleration means faster encoding times in pro apps like Final Cut and Motion, and longer battery life when you're playing back HEVC video.
Older Macs running High Sierra will still be able to play back HEVC video, but the process is a little hardware intensive.
Will HEVC bring 4K content to iTunes store and Apple TV?
Right now, the iTunes Store and the Apple TV max out at 1080p content, but when Apple does make the jump to 4K, HEVC will reduce the bandwidth needed to move those files around.
Will third-party video editors support HEVC codec?
Since HEVC is not an open-source standard, so software makers woud have to license the patents to use the codec. H.264 worked the same way, but right now HEVC is more expensive. Of course, Apple tends to drive adoption, as it did with H.264.
Is macOS High Sierra supports HEVC very good now?
The High Sierra betas don't fully support HEVC just yet, so the picture is still coming together.
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If you’ve ever watched a DVD or streamed a video with Netflix, you have benefited from a video codec. This technology compresses a video file into smaller package, making it easier to store or transmit. For example, the new video codec – HEVC.
What is HEVC? How does HEVC Work?
HEVC, short for High Efficiency Video Coding, is an successor to H.264/MPEG-4 AVC (Advanced Video Coding). Also know as H.265, HEVC is the latest video compression standard that is said to double the data compression ratio compared to H.264/AVC at the same level of video quality. Video encoded with HEVC will maintain the high visual quality, but at a smaller file size. Compared to the H.264/MPEG-4 AVC High profile, the average bitrate reduction for HEVC was 52% for 480p, 56% for 720p, 62% for 1080p, and 64% for 4K UHD.
Today is the turn of HEVC. This new video codec is already becoming integrated in more consumer products with many of TVs and mobile devices being sold today are with HEVC decoding capabilities, especially the 4K Ultra HD TV. However, many applications and devices are still need time to support the new codec. Do you have some HEVC/H.265 files saved on your Windows or Mac, and wonder how to play or edit them? You’ve come to the right place.
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1. Load HEVC Files
Run HEVC Video Converter. Click the Import button to locate and add HEVC files from your computer to the program.
2.Set Output Format
From the drop-down list of Profile, choose the output video format you want. If necessary, you can trim, crop, merge, or add watermark to HEVC videos.
3.Convert HEVC/H.265
Finally hit the big Start button, the HEVC Converter will start to convert HEVC files to your specified video format at fast speed.